The Annual Gothic Cruise and Masquerade Ball remains a unique event taking place yearly to semi yearly. The first gothic cruise, started under the name Travelwaves Intl LLC, which is now known as All Genre Travel. Our gothic cruise remains unique and unrivaled as the first and original gothic cruise. The first gothic cruise sailed on The Big Red Boat by Premier Cruise Lines in 1989 and has continued to grow with each sailing.

In 1989 the first gothic cruise sailed out with just 5 couples.  By 1994 We were sailing with an average of 120 people per sailing. Adding more and more events to each sailing.  From 1995 to 2003 we sailed with an average of 140 people each year.  The gothic cruise had sailed on Premier Cruise Lines, Regal Cruise Lines, and Royal Caribbean Cruise lines thus far.

From 2004-2006 The gothic cruise unfortunately was unable to sail.  2004 and 2005 were not scheduled as we wanted to try something new with a live band onboard.  The 2006 Gothic Cruise with Collide was canceled due to hurricane Katrina - But new things were still on the way!

In 2007 the gothic cruise sailed with it's first live band VNV Nation on the Carnival Glory.  This was the first sailing of the gothic cruise to ever sail on Carnival Cruise Lines as a pre-existing group.  All previous cruises and references were verified by Carnival Large Groups and Incentivies before such a vast undertaking could be started. Due the fantastic success of this cruise, Carnival Invited us back with increased concessions!  The 2007 Cruise sailed with 211 passengers and had grown to 16 onboard events! 

Also in 2007, All Genre Travel removed all outside affiliations with hosting agencies, and is now soley owned and operated by the gothic cruise founder - Zaida Browne.  All employees of All Genre Travel are legal and bonafide travel agents with their certifications. 

Each gothic cruise is led personaly by Zaida Browne Agency Owner and bonded/icensed travel agent, rather then some group leader with no agency experience or training.  Zaida and her agents attend every single gothic cruise to insure all events and ship coordination run smoothly.

For 2008 - Combichrist, Deepest Symphony, and Red Flag were contracted.  174 Booked and Sailed.  The decline in numbers is attributed to the soaring fuel costs in the USA - leading to a rise in cruise and airline tickets costs. 

2009 Forecasts higher attendance with the bands Cruciform Injection, State of the Union, and Modulate.  Deepest Symphony no showed the event, however Phase Theory and Asmodeus X were booked onboard as passengers, and delighted us with a live concert during the Deepest Symphony time slot. 

For 2010 we will have Covenant, Funker Vogt, Panzer AG and Prognosis.

New onboard events, ships, and itineraries are being considered for 2011 and 2012 gothic cruises along with some new contests and incentives, so keep checking back!



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